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It is a new year with new committee members
Greetings! Congratulations to all the newly elected and re-elected county committee members. Their responsibilities begin immediately as the first official meeting this month will require the necessary tasks to organize the new committee. Most importance, they will nominate a committee advisor to speak on behalf of underrepresented groups. Currently, the committee consists of three to
Grain market bounces into the new year
In my grandmother Faragher’s Manx household was the tradition of the “Qualtagh.” The qualtagh, the first visitor to your home in the New Year, was a harbinger of the household fortunes for the year. A young, vigorous man was as good as it gets. A crusty, broken down old farmer meant you should dig a
Participate in a Christmas Bird Count this year
It began Dec. 14 and runs through Jan. 5. Birders all across the Americas will gather in small groups to census bird populations in the annual Christmas Bird Count. Volunteers from hundreds of locations will devote one entire day to counting all the wild birds they can find. Local leaders determine the exact date that
A very good year in my backyard
It’s been a banner year for wildlife in my backyard, and each evening my wife and I enjoy the show from the back porch. Pairs of bluebirds, robins, phoebes, chipping sparrows and Carolina wrens tend to their second nests of the season, while the young of their first broods search the backyard for insects and
Inspectors catch feared pest in shipment
HOUSTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted evidence that one of the world’s most feared pests, the Khapra Beetle, was hidden in a shipment of furniture and household items. Khapra Beetle Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists collected Khapra Beetle cast skins from straw brooms and burlap sacks within the container and sent
New apple was 20 years in the making
URBANA, Ill. — A new, late-ripening apple named WineCrisp, which carries the Vf gene for scab resistance, was developed over the past 20 plus years through classical breeding techniques, not genetic engineering. License to propagate trees will be made available to nurseries through the University of Illinois. Apple scab Being resistant to apple scab is
Business Profile: Pearl Valley Cheese
FRESNO, Ohio — Celebrating its 80th year in 2008, Pearl Valley Cheese in Fresno, Ohio, makes and markets a variety of award-winning cheeses and cheese products. The company was founded in 1928 by Ernest Stalder, a Swiss immigrant. He and his wife, Gertrude, began by making one 200-pound Swiss cheese wheel per day. Today, the
Massillon Museum celebrates 75 years
MASSILLON, Ohio — The Massillon Museum’s summer exhibition — Eclectic. Everyday. Elegant. — celebrates 75 years of excellence. The Massillon Museum opened in 1933. The exhibition will feature the 75 most important objects in the collection, display favorite objects and relive popular exhibitions from the past. The exhibition, which encompasses both the first and second
Pa. winter weather was wetter this year
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — April showers supposedly bring May flowers. But what will spring bring this year, after what seemed to be an unusually wet winter? Paul Knight, Pennsylvania state climatologist and manager of Penn State Weather Communications Group, differentiates past winters to the most recent and discusses how this may impact the spring and
Bull and bear get piggish competition
An unwritten motto of a former employer, market adviser Professional Farmers of America, was that it’s easier to turn journalists into economists than economists into journalists.
